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A. VAN FLEET, or ASHTON-v, ILLINOIS.

Leners Patent No. 80,246, dated .my '21, isos.

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Be it known that I, A. VAN, FLEET, of Ashton, in the county of Lee, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in IIoi-sefCollar Fastenings; and I'do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of my invention in operativeposition.

' Figure 2 is a plan view of one part of the fasteningdeta'ched from the collar.

Figure 3 represents in plan and elevation the other part of the fastening, (in one form,) also detached..

Figure 4 is a perspective view of another form of hook for one part of the'fastening.

Figure 5 is a longitudinal elevation of the same. i

j The object ot' my invention is to construct a'fastening for horse-collars, whichwill be at once cheap, durable, and reliable, and' enable meto dispense with the tedious and inconvenient buckles and straps almost universally employed when the collar is made open at the'top; and it consists in forming a double-detachable loop of a single piece of wire,'and securing it permanently to one part otV the collar, by means' of a slit in thc leather, through which a fold of the wire is inserted, and two holes also inthe leather, into which the ends f said wire are introduced and retained bythe elasticity of the loop, and in suitable adjustable hooks attached to the other part of the collar. p

That others may. understand the construction and operation of my invention, I4 will describe it.

A A are the two ends ofthe horse-collar, designed to meet closely at the' back of the neck, and to be 4there secured; B is the wire double loop, fully shown in g. 2. The loop Bis attached to the part A, .by making a slit, C, transverse of the part A', as shown in tig. 1, and opening said slit through at' the end of the said part, so that, when thetcentral fold of thepart B shall be insertedthrough the slit C, it may project a little beyond the end of part A. While the central fold of the part B lies beneath the surface of the part A', the outer folds or loops of said part B are on the top of said part A', and'the loops extend some distance beyond the end of said part. '.Io .retain the loops B in place, incision-s are now made at D D, and through thesehincsions respectively tlierends of the wire, B, are inserted; the said incisions being made at such points as `will require the ends of the wire to be pressed aside before inserting them in the incisions D,-and they will then be retained in place by the elasticity of the metal of which B is composed.

Thehooks E E, with the curved hooking-Shanks el e, are attached to the part A by inserting the Shanks e e into corresponding sockets in the partA; said sockets being formed by lines of stitches, and opening by tincisiions through the leather of the part A. Several sets of said sockets may be made inithe part, so-that the hooks E maybe shifted from one set toanother, as it may be desirable to increase or diminish the size of the collar, or, if preferred, the buckles FF maybe employed, the same being attached to short straps, firmly sewed to the part A, and beingadjustable thereon by meanszof the solid tonguef, projecting downward from the forward end of the buckle, and through a hole in the strap. A hook, G, is attached to the forward end of the buckle, and

on its upper side,'for the purpose of receiving and retaining the loop B.

AWhen in operation, the' central loop or fold of the wire, B, projects beneath the edge of the-part A, and holds it up, -while the outer loops or folds of the wire are above and upon said part, and keep it down in proper position. (The draughtsrnan has not represented these positions correctly in g. l; the point, however, is one of small importance.) In placing the collar upon the ueclr of the horse, it may be secured at the top with the utmost ease and facility, and the positions ofthe hooks may be changedwithout trouble to increase or decrease the size of the collar. If necessary', also, the fastenings may be removed from one collar and placed upon another with ease.V

Having described. my invention, what I` claim as new, is

The herein-described double loop B, applied to the collar, substantially as described, in combination with adjustable hooks, as and for the purpose set forth.

A. VAN llLlillil'll.y

Witnesses: j

GEO. MINTER,

WM. JNO. Lenen; 

